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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]US News methodology emphasizes Kenyon’s weak spot, which is a lack of resources to devote to low income students. [/quote]

No, this is a strong point! Nobody wants their kid to be around (ugh) [i]poors[/i].[/quote]

You laugh--but honestly this is how the wealthy who go to LACs seem to be going now--moving away from USNWR and more towards where there are a decent-sized communities of other wealthy kids.  If you look at the NYTimes Upshot article on the schools with a high percentage of students in the 1%, those schools map on pretty well with the LACs I see being popular among the very well-off set.  I wonder how this is all going to play out societally.  Kenyon has a really high percentage of very well-off families.  It's in the top 10 of all schools in this regard.[/quote]

One would never say this in public, but what is the point of attending an elite institution if everyone there is from a disadvantaged low income background? This is especially true for students who come from the disadvantaged background.  You want your roommate's dad to be a CEO, not just another guy drowning in debt.[/quote]

Just to be clear: are you suggesting that it’s  best for disadvantaged kids if elite schools accept fewer disadvantaged kids? [/quote]

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